Author: Dikr

Discover a rare edition of Picket Fences and learn how to build yourself some 'wasteland worn' beach furniture. Why? Because your settlers deserve a break from being incompetent and having you do everything for them all the time.

When building beach settlements I always missed the lack of towels to sleep or sit on. That's where this project took off. Then I added beach umbrella's, deck chairs, a beach bar, a life guard post and more. Around a hundred hours later I think it's ready for a first release.

If you like this mod, please endorse and / or vote it up!


How do I unlock these items?

You'll have to put in some work. The only hint I will give you is this:

(Carefully) look for a clue at Diamond City's Fallon's Basement.

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Version 1.3 changes:

- Original Life Guard Post should snap a little better to the right height for those not using Place Everywhere
- Added a new Life Guard Post; assigned settlers will use the deck chair while guarding.

Version 1.2 changes:

- 3 new palmtrees added to Decoration > Miscellaneaous
- minimized changes to interior cells in quest part
- navmeshed the Life Guard Post

Version 1.0 adds

- 11 towels that are functional beds but also used by npc's for relaxation
(Workshop > Furniture > Beds)

- 11 towels to sit on and used by npc's for relaxation
?(Workshop > Furniture > Chairs)

- 4 beach umbrella's
(Workshop > Decoration > Miscellaneous)

- 5 deck chairs
(Workshop > Furniture > Chairs)

- 1 mooring anchor to sit on
(Workshop > Furniture > Chairs)

- 1 static mooring anchor
(Workshop > Decoration > Miscellaneous)

- 1 functional beach bar
(Workshop > Shops > Food & Drinks)

- 1 (almost fully) functional Life Guard Station
(Workshop > Defense > Guard Towers)

- 1 beach ball
(Chem station > Beach)

- 3 folded towels
(Chem station > Beach


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Recommended Mods / other stuff in the screenshots:

Build your Own Pool?
Snappy House Kit?
Place Everywhere?
Monno's Bikini's?
Easy Girl Outfits?
NAC (for instant-sunny weathers)?
Absolutely Skimpy Attire
Absolutely Head Wear
?
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Installing:

Manual:

Enable mods?
Unzip the archive in your Fallout 4 install directory (C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Fallout 4)
Add the line " *Towel_Beds.esp " to your plugins.txt file in C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Fallout4 (guide)?


NMM and other methods:

I'm a dedicated manual installer so you might have to import the archive in NMM manually.


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?Uninstalling:


Remove the added files from your install directory
Delete the " ??*Towel_Beds.esp " line from your plugins.txt file.



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Known issues:

1. The Life Guard Post isn't properly navmeshed. Assigned guards will 'teleport' to the guarding position when you are away from the cell but won't go up there when you are looking at them. Otherwise it is a functional object that can be decorated with other furniture as you please. If anyone can teach me how to navmesh a constructable object, please send me a pm!


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FAQ:

How do I get my settlers to use the towels during daytime?

You might have to limit the amount of existing relaxation options. They will prefer furniture that allows them to eat at, for instance. I had to scrap a lot of existing furniture to get a nicely populated beach scene at my Nordhagen Beach settlement with around 20 settlers.
The 'Quitting time siren' from the Wasteland Workshop DLC can be used to tell all settlers to go and relax during normal working hours.


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Credits & Recommended mods:

The artwork on the magazine and flyer is a custom made composition made by myself. The lady I used is an element from a public domain listed image?.

Thanks to fallout.wikia.com? for some of the source materials of ingame artwork.

Thanks to Besthesda for allowing us to play with their game assets.

And thanks to every other modder that enriched the game for me!

And of course thanks to the Nexus and the community of helpful folks on the forums <3

And thanks to YOU if you read this far! Especially if you hand out endorsements and vote
your favorite mods for file of the month. Modding can be a tremendous
effort and every support is highly appreciated!

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My other mods can be found here?.